Thursday, September 30, 2010

Cunard flagship RMS QUEEN MARY 2 leaving Lisbon on 29 September 2010 after another call on a cruise from Southampton. It is always a pleasure to photograph the QM2 and remember her former fleetmate QUEEN ELIZABETH 2...Texto e imagens /Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

After two weeks at sea I'll be back at my homeport soon, with news, photographs, ships, ports and even a piracy act in Italian waters...

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The Portuguese classic passenger ship FUNCHAL leaving Lisbon on the evening of 12 September 2010 on a 5-day cruise to Funchal, Madeira Island and back. She looked particularly beautiful today...

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Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Finish cruise ship KRISTINA KATARINA visited Lisbon for the first time under her new name on 9 September 2010. She has just replaced the small classic KRISTINA REGINA, a victim of SOLAS 2010 and a regular visitor to lison for many years.

The "new" KRISTINA KATARINA was built in Poland in 1982 for the former URSS as KONSTANTIN SIMONOV, a name she hold until 1996 when she became the FRANCESCA. In 2000 she was sold to Mano Cruises and renamed THE IRIS (2000-2010).

The photos show KRISTINA KATARINA arriving in Lisbon early in the morning of 9 September 2010. More photos of KRISTINA KATARINA here...

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Imagem LOCALIZATODO com a posição do FUNCHAL às 22H37, vendo-se o navio a navegar a 16 nós já a ocidente do corredor de navegação do estreito de Gibraltar, a entrar no Golfo de Cádis com rumo ao Cabo de S. Vicente.

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Looking at her hull and rust probably she was homebound from Mozambique but anyway there is no acceptable reason for the poor hull maintenace. There were no economies in paint at the time and this ship was Portugal's flagship.

INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE was the largest pasenger liner in the fleet of Companhia Colonial de Navegação, of Lisbon. She was built in Antwerp and delivered in September 1961 for a regular express service from Lisbon to Beira, Mozambique, calling at Funchal, Luanda, Lobito, Cape Town and Lourenço Marques. In 1988 she became VASCO DA GAMA and in 1995 was sold and renamed SEAWIND CROWN. Under this name she was Pullmantur's first ship in May 2000 but the bankrupcy of Premier Cruises the following September led to her long lay up in Barcelona and the ultimate sale to breakers in China in 2004. "What a waste", commented to me at the time Mr. George Potamianos, the man behind her rebuilding as VASCO DA GAMA in 1986-1988.

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FUNCHAL must be the existing passenger and cruise ship with more calls in the port of Lisbon, her home port since 1961 and her port of registry up to September 1985.

Here she is going to berth at the Alcântara cruise terminal, on 20 August 2010 at the end of a 12 day cruise to the Mediterranean from Lisbon. Her elegant and fine profile contrasts with the box ship on the foreground. The cargo carrier is the OLAND loading at the Liscont terminal.

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Texto de Abril de 2009. Fotografias de Agosto de 2010. Imagens / Images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia

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LUÍS MIGUEL CORREIA

LUÍS MIGUEL CORREIA (LMC) has worked as a leading author, editor and expert in shipping history and maritime photography, winning international recognition for his books, magazine articles and talks. He has been since 1995 the managing director of EIN-NÁUTICA, a tailor made maritime books publishing company from Lisbon, and prior to that was co-editor of REVISTA de MARINHA from 1980 to 1995. He now combines his work in the publishing and photographic industries with research work in international shipping and cruising. PORTUGUESE PASSENGER SHIPS is his next book. In January 2015 LMC resumed his duties as co-editor of REVISTA DE MARINHA, a classic maritime magazine published since 1937.

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LINER BOOKSis a series of high quality illustrated reference books on passenger ships by noted maritime historians William H. Miller (New York) and Luís Miguel Correia (Lisbon). The following four titles in print are available from L. M. Correia at +351 967 041 525 (m.s.funchal@gmail.com). Signed copies can be provided.

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The T.S. HAMBURG of 1969 deserves preservation in her original home port of Hamburg. She is an historic ship, one of the best examples of the German shipbuilding art in the 1960s, she is mostly still in original form and well maintained, and she was a very successful cruise ship over the last 40 years. As the MAKSIM GORKIY she was the flagship of the Soviet Union mighty passenger ship fleet and she even played her part in the ending of the cold war when Presidents Mikhail Gorbatchov and Bush met onboard on 2 and 3 December 1989 off Malta. She was recently sold for scrap and is on her way to Alang. She needs a proper berth in the centre of the Port of Hamburg. Go to T.S. HAMBURG a new blog by L. M. Correia